Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Pennsylvania
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700
Exton, PA · ~213 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade F.
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700: 1.3 TCR = 266% of Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 safety composite
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 1.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700: 0.5 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2023
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.5 in 2022 to 2.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541712 · Exton, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 1.3 · 266% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #21/23
- PHOTO IBC Materials & Tech…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~213 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: IBC Materials & Technologies Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Windward Commu
Windward Community College
1.4 TCR
- This site
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700
1.3 TCR
- IBC Materials
IBC Materials & Technologies Inc.
1.3 TCR
- DMCR Tomball
DMCR Tomball
1.3 TCR
- CIMAR
CIMAR
1.3 TCR
What this shows Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 averages 1.3 TCR (266% of the Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 TCR series: 2022=0.5 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 0.5
Where Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 falls in its industry
319 Medical research and developme establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Medical research and developme employers in Pennsylvania.
Frontage Laboratories, Inc. - 700 has more employees than the Medical research and development laborat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541712 · PA · Exton
319 Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 138 employers in Exton, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | IBC Materials & Technologies Inc. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DMCR Tomball | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CIMAR | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Windward Community College | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Northeast : Pittsburgh Office | 213 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nello Construction | 213 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Lighting & Signalization LLC 077 | 213 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Treehouse Private Brands Inc | 213 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bentley Systems, Incorporated | 1,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton | 531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brian's House Inc | 416 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shire: Exton | 385 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2815 | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2064 | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brakebush Transportation - Thomasville | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Swift Industrial Power - Knoxville | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington Hotel Lessee LLC | 213 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NAPCO Precast LLC | 213 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mitchell-Hollingsworth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC | 213 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clinics of North Texas | 213 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.